Episodes
Small Arms, Soft Targets
Horizon brings you the international campaign to frame the laws of war by limiting the design and use of weapons aimed at "soft targets".
60 min
The Last Mammoth
This Horizon documentary explores theories about the reasons for the extinction of mammoths including those which survived on the Island of Wrangel.
60 min
The Man Who Made Up His Mind
This is a Horizon episode that attempts to answer the question, "What is a mind?" and how does your brain create it? Gerald Edelman thinks he has the answer.
60 min
Genie
Horizon brings you the story about a 13 year old girl who had lived most of her life tied up in the back room of her parent's house since the time she was born.
60 min
Death Wish - The Untold Story
In this report by Horizon, we look at a type of cancer which cured itself. The cancer cells were killing themselves and finding out why may revolutionize future cancer treatment.
60 min
Air Crash - The Deadly Puzzle
Horizon reports on a team investigating the mysterious disappearance of an airliner in 1992 that was flying over the Panamanian jungle.
60 min
Hunt for the Doomsday Asteroid
In this documentary, Horizon tries to answer the question if "Star Wars" technology could be used to destroy meteors big enough to threaten life on earth.
60 min
Hubble Vision
This Horizon episode follows the rescue and repair mission carried out by the shuttle astronauts on the Hubble Space Telescope.
60 min
Some Like iit Hot
Horizon explores scientific discoveries made in extraordinary ways.
60 min
Too Close to the Sun
Horizon examines the continuing, bitter controversy over the claim that nuclear fusion has been produced in a test tube.
60 min
Sir Walter's Journey
In this episode, Horizon presents Professor Sir Walter Bodmer who searches for a new history of Britain, one that is written in their genes.
60 min
After the Flood
This episode of Horizon investigates the flooding of the Mississippi river in the USA and a massive flood in Bangladesh.
60 min
Against The Clock
Horizon explores how the demands of a 24-hour culture pushes people too far and the many accidents caused by fatigue.
60 min
The Blueprints of Genocide
This Horizon documentary investigates newly discovered documents in Moscow from 1945 about German concentration camps.
60 min
Ulcer Wars
Horizon reports on a new discovery where stomach ulcers caused by Bacterium Helicobacter Pylori are treatable with antibiotics.
60 min
Deaf Whale, Dead Whale
Horizon investigates how mankind is now polluting the world's oceans with extreme noise caused by many sources such explosions and super tankers.
60 min
Whispers of Creation
Horizon explores the creative process that caused ripples in the universe after the "Big Bang". Three teams of scientists attempt practical experiments to test abstract theories of cosmology.
60 min
The Predator
Horizon presents a documentary on the Partula, a Polynesian tree snail.
60 min
Close Encounters
3.0Horizon investigates some alleged reports of alien abductions.
60 min
Orange Sherbet Kisses
Horizon presents a documentary on Synaesthesia which is an unusual disorder of perception in which barriers between the senses dissolve.
60 min
Designer Wines
Horizon brings you Reports from Europe, America, and Australia on how wine making differs and asks whether the traditional and troubled European wine industry will have to change its methods to compete with those wines from the new world.
60 min